Rikihana Wharewhiti

Forenames

Rikihana AWMM

Surname

Wharewhiti AWMM

Also known as

Rikihana Wharewiti AWMM

Service number

WWI 19726 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe

Iwi Māori, Māori AWMM

Date of birth

29th February 1897

Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 25 October 2024 - Military record

Place of birth

Waiotapu

Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 25 October 2024 - Military record

Birth notes

Son of Wharewhiti MATENGA of Waiotapu, Rotorua

Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 25 October 2024 - Military record

Next of kin

• Wharewhiti Matenga (father), Waiotapu, Rotorua, New Zealand AWMM
• later - c/- W. NGAIHI of Fernhill, Hawkes Bay
  Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 25 October 2024 - Military record

Relationship status

single

Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 25 October 2024 - Military record

War

World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

WWI 19726 AWMM

Enlistment

WW1 Unknown AWMM Labourer/Civilian AWMM

Embarkation details

WW1 16 Jul 1917-16 Sep 1917 AWMM
HMNZT 88 AWMM Vessel was Athenic AWMM Private AWMM 19th Reinforcements AWMM Maori Contingent AWMM

Medical notes

Died of Disease, Cause of Death AWMM
Tuberculosis AWMM

Last rank

WW1 Private AWMM
New Zealand (Maori) Pioneer Battalion AWMM

Son of Matenga Wharewhiti. Native of Waiotapu, New Zealand.

Next of Kin: Mr M. Wharewhiti, Waiotapu, Rotorua (Roll of Honour, Auckland Province 1914-1918 (Volume 2)) AWMM

Death

28 Oct 1918 AWMM
Age  19 AWMM

Cause of death

Died of Disease AWMM

Cemetery

Brookwood Military Cemetery, Woking, Surrey, England AWMM II. B. 1. AWMM

Memorial name

Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 1 Hall of Memories AWMM

Related objects

Related Serviceperson

External links

• Military personnel file
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R22018144
  Further Reference
• A Street Near You record
  https://astreetnearyou.org/person/399733/-
  Further Reference
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty record
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/399733
  Further Reference
• Cowan, J. (1926). The Maoris in the Great War. Auckland, N.Z.: Maori Regimental Committee by Whitcombe & Tombs.
  https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/webarchive/20201108000000/https://nzetc.victoria.ac.nz/tm/scholarly/tei-CowMaor.html
  Further Reference

References

• New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1918). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume III. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  68: 16
• Soutar, M. (2019). Whitiki! Whiti! Whiti! E!: Maori In the First World War. New Zealand: David Bateman Ltd.
• The Fields of Remembrance Trust: Brothers Field, Auckland Museum (Armistice, 2018)
• Roll of Honour, Auckland Province (digital copy), 1914 - 1919. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS-2016-2.
• Cowan, J. (1926). The Maoris in the Great War. Auckland, N.Z.: Maori Regimental Committee by Whitcombe & Tombs.
• Pugsley, C. (1995). Te Hokowhitu a Tu : the Maori Pioneer Battalion in the first World War. Auckland, N.Z.: Reed.